Sentences with phrase «point upon its surface»

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One of [the whale's] peculiarities it is, to have an entire non-valvular structure of the blood - vessels, so that when pierced even by so small a point as a harpoon, a deadly drain is at once begun upon his whole arterial system; and when this is heightened by the extraordinary pressure of water at a great distance below the surface, his life may be said to pour from him in incessant streams.

The lines emanate from well - marked indentations in the dark regions fitted by natural position for departure points, and are locally dependent upon the general topography of the fundamental features of the surface.

The phenomenon occurs when a liquid, upon approaching an object that is much hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces a vapor which insulates the liquid from the surface of the object.

My theory is that people don't read his books for the rather rudimentary, step - by - step, point - to - point thriller elements that form the backbone of the story so much as for learning a little bits of history, philosophy, and even fantasy elements that reside above the surface, many of them expounded upon at length in between the plot points.

It does look great, but its weak point is that it is more prone to breakage upon a drop onto a hard surface.

The point you are trying to make is so vital, so incredibly significant, that I would hope others could be encouraged to set their subjective discomforts aside, to put their ignorance and / or denial of reality aside, and acknowledge the ominously looming, human - driven predicament before humanity, the one apparently induced by the huge scale and skyrocketing growth rate of global human over consumption, overproduction and overpopulation activities now overspreading the surface of the wondrous planetary home upon which God has blessed us to live so well.

The bike mount built into the shell is tilted to point a few degrees upward and to the left, so that as the lidar beam diverges with distance it will be more likely to impinge upon approaching cars rather than just road surface and shrubbery.

Most consumers» complaints dealt with items of a common element status, thus beyond the scope of the Warranty Program's coverage of «Private» homeowner items, being items «within'the owner's «points of demarcation» private ownership areas, to wit: inner painted surfaces of the unit's walls and ceilings, items on the upper side of the floor coverings, items on the inner sides of the windows, all by the way depending upon a particular condo projects» «points of demarcation», which could vary amongst condo projects.